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Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the read more
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more
But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!
